Plant Signs

Fremont Cottonwood

Populus fremontii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 39 - 115 ft tall , 35 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Cream, White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Moderate, High

Summer irrigation

Keep moist

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Nimbus Fremont Cottonwood (male)

Populus fremontii 'Nimbus'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 40 - 60 ft tall , 10 - 20 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium

Black Cottonwood

Populus trichocarpa

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 30 - 100 ft tall , 25 - 30 ft wide

Form: Upright, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Green, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

High, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Mojave Desert Plum

Prunus eremophila

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Prunus fasciculata var. fasciculata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Yellow, Orange

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low

Sand Almond

Prunus fasciculata var. punctata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 10 ft tall

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Very Low

Coast Live Oak

Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 - 82 ft tall , 40 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, Very Low

Canyon Live Oak

Quercus chrysolepis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 30 - 90 ft tall , 30 - 60 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Blue Oak

Quercus douglasii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 16 - 82 ft tall , 30 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

San Gabriel Oak

Quercus durata var. gabrielensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 3 - 16 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low, Very Low

Engelmann Oak

Quercus engelmannii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 33 - 66 ft tall , 90 ft wide

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Cream

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen, Summer Semi-deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Garry's Oak

Quercus garryana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 20 - 90 ft tall , 30 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Garry's Oak

Quercus garryana var. breweri

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 66 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Oregon White Oak

Quercus garryana var. garryana

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 66 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Oregon White Oak

Quercus garryana var. semota

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 1 - 66 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Water

Low

Black Oak

Quercus kelloggii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 20 - 120 ft tall , 35 ft wide

Form: Upright, Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate, Slow

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade, Deep Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Valley Oak

Quercus lobata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 60 - 100 ft tall , 50 ft wide

Form: Rounded, Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Santa Cruz Island Oak

Quercus parvula var. parvula

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Shreve Oak

Quercus parvula var. shrevei

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 56 - 72 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Tamalpais Oak

Quercus parvula var. tamalpaisensis

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 20 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Interior Live Oak

Quercus wislizeni

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree

Size: 15 - 50 ft tall , 10 - 50 ft wide

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, Cream

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Interior Live Oak

Quercus wislizeni var. frutescens

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 7 - 20 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, Very Low

Interior Live Oak

Quercus wislizeni var. wislizeni

Calscape.org

Plant type: Tree,Shrub

Size: 7 - 20 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, Green

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate, Very Low

Alder Buckthorn

Rhamnus alnifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Island Redberry

Rhamnus pirifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 33 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Red

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

skunk bush

Rhus aromatica var. trilobata

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low, Low

Lemonade Berry

Rhus integrifolia

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 30 ft tall , 3 - 20 ft wide

Form: Mounding, Rounded

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Evergreen

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Very Low, Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Bitter Gooseberry

Ribes amarum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, White, Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 10 ft tall , 3 - 10 ft wide

Form: Fountain, Spreading, Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Cream, Red, Yellow

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum var. aureum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 10 ft tall , 6 ft wide

Flower Color: Yellow, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Golden Currant

Ribes aureum var. gracillimum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 6 ft tall , 3 - 6 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Evergreen, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Stink Currant

Ribes bracteosum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 13 ft tall

Flower Color: Cream, White, Green, Blue

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate, High

Hillside Gooseberry

Ribes californicum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 8 ft tall , 2 - 6 ft wide

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, Yellow

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / week once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Wax Currant

Ribes cereum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 - 36 in tall

Form: Rounded

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: White, Pink, Red

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Wax Currant

Ribes cereum var. cereum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, White

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Spreading Gooseberry

Ribes divaricatum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 11 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Flower Color: Red, Pink, Purple, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast

Straggly Gooseberry

Ribes divaricatum var. pubiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 11 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple, White, Green

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

White Flowering Currant

Ribes indecorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 10 ft tall , 1 - 2 ft wide

Form: Upright Columnar

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Pink

Flowering season: Winter

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium, Slow

Whitestem Gooseberry

Ribes inerme

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 8 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Green, White

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Prickly Currant

Ribes lacustre

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 7 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Purple, Cream, Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Trailing Black Currant

Ribes laxiflorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Green, Red

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Gummy Gooseberry

Ribes lobbii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 3 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Pink, Purple

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 8 ft tall , 5 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Christy Ridge Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum 'Christy Ridge'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Dancing Tassles Currant

Ribes malvaceum 'Dancing Tassels'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, White

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast

White chaparral currant

Ribes malvaceum 'Rana White'

Calscape.org

California Flora Nursery

Plant type: Shrub

Flower Color: White

Flowering season: Winter

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Extremely Low, Very Low, Low

Rinconada Rose Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum 'Rinconada Rose'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade, Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum var. malvaceum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 3 - 5 ft tall , 3 - 5 ft wide

Form: Spreading

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink, White

Dormancy: Summer Deciduous, Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium

Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Ortega Beauty Chaparral Currant

Ribes malvaceum var. viridifolium 'Ortega Beauty'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Pink

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Canyon Gooseberry

Ribes menziesii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 7 - 10 ft tall

Flower Color: Red, Pink, White, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade

Water

Low, Very Low

Alpine Prickly Currant

Ribes montigenum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 1 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast

Flower Color: Red, Yellow, Orange

Flowering season: Summer

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Sierra Currant

Ribes nevadense

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 ft tall , 3 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Deep Shade, Partial Shade

Water

Moderate

Summer irrigation

Max 2x / month once established

Soil drainage

Fast

Rock Gooseberry

Ribes quercetorum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Yellow, Cream, Black

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low

Sierra Gooseberry

Ribes roezlii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: White, Cream

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Medium

Shinyleaf Currant

Ribes roezlii var. cruentum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Purple

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Dixie Glade Sierra Gooseberry

Ribes roezlii var. cruentum 'Dixie Glade'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 2 - 4 ft tall , 4 - 6 ft wide

Form: Mounding

Growth rate: slow

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Soil drainage

Fast

Sierra Gooseberry

Ribes roezlii var. roezlii

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 5 ft tall

Flower Color: Pink, Red

Flowering season: Winter, Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Full Sun, Partial Shade

Water

Low, Moderate

Red Flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 13 ft tall , 7 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Fast, Moderate

Flower Color: Red, Pink

Flowering season: Spring, Winter

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Summer irrigation

Max 3x / month once established

Soil drainage

Medium

Barrie Coate Pink-flowering Currant

Ribes sanguineum 'Barrie Coate'

Calscape.org

Plant type: Shrub

Size: 6 - 8 ft tall , 6 - 8 ft wide

Form: Upright

Growth rate: Moderate

Flower Color: Red

Flowering season: Spring

Dormancy: Winter Deciduous

Wildlife supported:

Landscape information:

Sun

Partial Shade

Water

Low

Soil drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow